Musings From Clay County Missouri

One of the things I often hear from people when I’m out and about the Northland talking about The Northland News is that they still take the paper for the coupons. I get it. I’m a saver. I used to do it, too, but then I realized that I could …

Kansas City’s General Election ballot is filled with bonds of every shape and size. Even the little doggies get some bond money! Personally, I’ll be voting all the bonds down. I’d love to get into this in more depth, but I simply don’t have the time to do it this …

For the last year and a half I have been covering the continual conflict and disrespect of the citizens at the Clay County Courthouse. Yesterday I received an email from a source that contained the renewal contract of Clay County Administrator Dean Brookshier. For those that haven’t seen the news …

For those that have not heard, conservative author Jack Cashill has launched a digital news product of his own. The Sentinel launched on January 30, 2017 and according to Cashill is seeing some great site traffic early on. More from The Sentinel’s about page: The Sentinel is an online news …

The decision in the Markenson lawsuit came down last week. You can read more about that by clicking HERE. I can’t say that I was surprised by it at all. It’s an uncomfortable position for any judge to be in the middle of. As with many things in our society, …

TheNorthlandNews.com publishes press releases and newsletters from our local elected officials on a regular basis inside of the opinion section of the site. It’s my belief that we should be engaged and involved with our local elected representatives. The discussions that occur at this level are important to our communities …

I have received several questions about the legality of the Clay County Commission’s actions from the Commission meetings over the last month. As reported, the Commission has gone into unnoticed Executive Session in multiple meetings in the last month (you can read the news stories by clicking HERE, HERE, and …

Not much of anything other than the inability of the county to deliver the information in a timely fashion. As I told you recently I had filed another Sunshine Request with the County looking for something a tipster had said might be worth looking into. This individual had good reason …

On Monday, I published a little Musing on rumors pertaining to coaches salaries in the Northland. It quickly became the second most viral article ever published on this site since it’s creation. (In case you’re wondering what the most viral article was, it was the announcement of the new Costco …

Six Figure Salaries Rumored to be Part of the Movement TheNorthlandNews.com Editor and Publisher and Former Public School Teacher, Andrew Palmer, Asks Some Uncomfortable Questions On Friday I was contacted by a source that wished to remain nameless. This individual said there was going to be some interesting movement in …

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816-918-7383 | Website | Pinterest | Facebook | Twitter In 1976, two years after graduating from college, Craig Porter developed his first new home community. Thirty-eight years and hundreds of new homes later, Porter is still providing quality new home communities throughout Clay County Missouri. Porter started his development business as an …